21 September 2020

Third Annual Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Higher Education "Distance Education in the context of Pandemic: Teaching, Learning and Assessment"

General Information Speakers

On October 16, 2020, the Independent Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (IQAA) is holding the Third Annual Eurasian Forum on Quality Assurance in Higher Education "Distance Education in the context of Pandemic: Teaching, Learning and Assessment".

The forum program will include presentations of rectors, vice-rectors, and representatives of leading Kazakh universities that will shed light on the experience of universities in implementing distance education. Representatives of foreign accreditation agencies and universities from Austria, Great Britain, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine and Estonia will also make presentations.

We invite international experts of the Agency and national experts from among university employees, heads of higher education organizations, heads of departments for accreditation and quality assurance, deans, faculty, and students to participate in the international forum.

The working languages of the international forum are Kazakh, Russian and English (simultaneous translation).

Participation in the forum is paid. If you pay before October 12, 2020, the participation fee will be 3000 tenge. After October 12, the payment will be 5000 tenge.

Payment can be made in the following ways:

For individuals (for residents of the Republic of Kazakhstan only):

• Through transfer to the card:

Card number: 5169 4931 2554 4802

Cardholder name: GALIYA RAKHIMZHANOVA

Phone number for Kaspi Gold: +7 707 658 27 39, Galiya Galimovna R.

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• Through payment at any bank:

Requisites: LLP "NAOKO - Rating"

BIN 080640010280

ИИК KZ4296503F0007389665 (KZT)

Branch of ForteBank JSC in Nur-Sultan

SWIFT code: IRTYKZKA

BIN Bank: 990841000632

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For legal entities (for residents of the Republic of Kazakhstan only):

1. Download the contract.

2. Fill in with the number of participants and the total amount.

3. Send signed and stamped scanned version of the agreement to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

For non-residents of the Republic of Kazakhstan:

For non-residents of Kazakhstan participation is free. It's only necessary to be registered.

The forum will be held distantly on the ZOOM platform.

Forum participants are issued certificates of participation.

At the end of the forum, all materials will be available on the Agency's website only for registered participants.

The deadline for registration and payment is 15 October 2020 at 2:00pm.

REGISTRATION

The program and materials of the Forum will be presented later.

If you have any questions, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and phone: +7 (7172) 48-63-74.

Takir Balykbayev

Rector of Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University

Elchin Babayev

Rector of Baku State University, Azerbaijan

Raisa Uskenbayeva

Rector of International IT University

Mukhambetkali Burkitbaev

First vice-rector of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

Rinat Iskakov

Vice-rector for academic work of Satbayev University

Askar Nametov

Rector of Zhangir Khan West Kazakhstan Agrarian-Technical University

Bekbolat Nussupbekov

Vice Rector for Academic Affairs of E.A.Buketov University of Karaganda

Gaukhar Zhetimekova

Head of the Center for Distance Education of E.A. Buketov University of Karaganda

Elmira Mussenova

Head of the Registrar Office of E.A.Buketov University of Karaganda

Olesya Linovitskaya

Professor of Kiev Medical University, Ukraine

Sergey Zaikin

Vice-rector for educational work of Kaluga State Pedagogical University, Russia

Anastasia Lyfenko

Head of the Center for licensing, accreditation and quality of education, Russia

Zhadyra Konurbaeva

Vice-rector for educational and methodical work of D. Serikbayev East Kazakhstan Technical University

Ilyas Tustikbayev

President of Republican student movement "Alliance of students of Kazakhstan"

Baktybek Ismailov

Director of the Kyrgyz Agency for Accreditation of Educational Programs and Organizations (AAOPO), Kyrgyzstan

Karlygash Jigitcheyeva

Head of the Department for the Accreditation of Universities and Colleges of the Independent Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (IQAA)

Galiya Rakhimzhanova

Analysis and Quality Department of the Independent Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (IQAA)

Erika Soboleva

Member of the board of directors of INQAAHE (International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education), General Director of AKKORK, Russia

Maiki Udam

IQAA Supervisory Board, project coordinator of the Estonian Quality Agency for Higher and Vocational Education (EKKA), Estonia

Aurelija Valeikienė

Deputy Director, Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education (SKVC), Lithuania

Andy Smith

Quality and Standards Manager of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), Great Britain

Derrick Fernie

Quality Manager of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), Great Britain

Oliver Vettori

Dean of the faculty of accreditation and quality management and director of the department of program management and educational support at Vienna University of Economics (WU Vienna University), Austria

Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic